{"id":5392,"date":"2026-04-04T10:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/?p=5392"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T08:27:39","slug":"greens-century-guides-white-ferns-to-odi-series-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/greens-century-guides-white-ferns-to-odi-series-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Green\u2019s Century Guides White Ferns To ODI Series Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
Maddy Green recorded an unbeaten century, while Rosemary Mair claimed career-best figures to help New Zealand secure a 66-run win in the third and final ICC Women\u2019s Championship (IWC) One-Day International (ODI) against the Proteas Women in Wellington on Saturday.<\/div>\n
Green\u2019s 141* off 128 deliveries, including 15 fours, in partnership with Brooke Halliday\u2019s 98 off 124 balls (13 fours), helped the hosts post 306\/7 in their 50 overs. Mair then returned figures of five for 50 as the Proteas were dismissed for 240 in 46.1 overs, sealing a 2-1 series victory for New Zealand.<\/div>\n
South Africa won the toss and asked the opposition to bat first. The visitors made a superb start to the contest, with Ayanda Hlubi (2\/47) and Tumi Sekhukhune (2\/57) ripping through the top order with three early wickets, including Suzie Bates (0), Georgia Plimmer (1) and the in-form Amelia Kerr (0), to leave the hosts 3\/3 in the fourth over.<\/div>\n
With their backs against the wall, New Zealand responded with a half-century stand between Green and Halliday, pushing their side to 62\/3 after 17 overs.<\/div>\n
The experienced pair continued to rebuild the innings for the White Ferns, with both batters bringing up their half-centuries to propel the score to 127\/3 after 31 overs.<\/div>\n
Green and Halliday then upped the ante after reaching their respective milestones, bringing up a 200-run partnership for the fourth wicket before Nadine de Klerk (1\/55) made the crucial breakthrough by finding Halliday\u2019s edge, just two runs short of her century.<\/div>\n
With the total on 215\/4 with 10 overs to go, Green continued to lead the charge for the home side, advancing to her third ODI century as the White Ferns ended on 306\/7 in their 50 overs, despite losing three more wickets through Hlubi, Nonkululeko Mlaba (1\/70) and a run-out by Sekhukhune.<\/div>\n
In their chase, South Africa\u2019s opening pair of Tazmin Brits (25) and Laura Wolvaardt (69 off 68; 9 fours) put on a 50-run stand to take the touring side to 65\/0 after 12 overs before Brits departed off the bowling of Mair.<\/div>\n
Another half-century stand between Wolvaardt and Annerie Dercksen (47) helped the Proteas maintain their momentum, with the captain bringing up her fifty to guide her side to 134\/1 at the halfway mark.<\/div>\n
The partnership was eventually ended in the 26th over, with Wolvaardt caught off the bowling of Kayley Knight (1\/48) before her partner soon followed, dismissed by Mair, reducing South Africa to 149\/3.<\/div>\n
Anneke Bosch (3) was the next wicket to fall, mistiming a delivery from Mair, before A.Kerr (2\/37) and Nensi Patel (1\/40) claimed two more wickets to further curtail South Africa\u2019s chase as the visitors reached 204\/6 after 40 overs.<\/div>\n
Despite a cameo from Chlo\u00e9 Tryon (29), the Proteas Women lost their remaining wickets, with Mair completing her five-wicket haul alongside scalps from Jess Kerr (1\/45) and A.Kerr to hand New Zealand a 66-run victory and a 2-1 series triumph.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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